Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Personal Journals

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 05 Sep 2026

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09/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:45:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (20 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. Persephonica (2 shows)

4. Joy Peddlers (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (26 shows)

2. Megaphone (23 shows)

3. Acast (15 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (4 shows)

5. Audioboom (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Great Company with Jamie Laing	Jampot Productions	Society & Culture	191	Acast	58
2	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
3	Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball	Persephonica	Society & Culture	140	Acast	63
4	Miss Me?	Persephonica	Society & Culture	270	Acast	53
5	Things Fell Apart	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	63
6	Lush! with Joanna Page	Pixiu Podcasts	Society & Culture	77	Acast	53
7	Sort Your Life Out Unpacked	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	26	BBC	42
8	The Dark Paranormal	The Dark Paranormal	Society & Culture	452	RedCircle	63
9	Private Parts	Spirit Studios	Society & Culture	1287	Acast	64
10	Witness History	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2011	BBC	39
11	Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	38
12	Lives Less Ordinary	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	246	BBC	43
13	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	133	Omny Studio	63
14	Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland	GoLoud	Society & Culture	104	Sharpstream	72
15	Scary \| A Paranormal Podcast	Real-Life Paranormal Stories	Society & Culture	109	Acast	68
16	The Person Who Believed In Me with David Begnaud	Do Good Crew	Society & Culture	37	Unknown	79
17	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	53
18	Rylan: How to Be...	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	49
19	Crisis What Crisis with Andy Coulson	Andy Coulson	Society & Culture	229	Captivate	68
20	Emotionally Online	Maddie Dragsbaek	Society & Culture	221	RedCircle	48
21	Sisters of Defiance	Anita Rani	Society & Culture	15	Acast	84
22	Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	31	Megaphone	42
23	Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	43
24	Witch	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	43
25	True Scary Story	Scary Stories	Society & Culture	236	Spreaker	78
26	Love and Radio	Love and Radio \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	96	Megaphone	68
27	Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	82	BBC	33
28	Oh, Anna!	The Fellas Studios	Society & Culture	36	Captivate	58
29	Second Act with Ateh Jewel	Hello! Magazine Ltd.	Society & Culture	94	Megaphone	63
30	The Shift with Sam Baker	sam baker	Society & Culture	318	Megaphone	84
31	Nolans Uncensored with Coleen Nolan, Shane and Ciara	Joy Peddlers	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	42
32	Jim Harold's Campfire	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	58
33	S-Town	Serial Productions	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
34	Happy End Le Podcast	Blandine Lehout	Society & Culture	22	Acast	63
35	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	602	Audiomeans	83
36	Young Again	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	28	BBC	33
37	Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
38	Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	22	BBC	32
39	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	38
40	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	247	BBC	38
41	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Voicenotes with Jordan Theresa	Society & Culture	119	Megaphone	32
42	Hey Tablo	Team Epikase	Society & Culture	44	Acast	84
43	Girls Next Door	Rolln Media	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
44	Between Two Beers Podcast	Steven Holloway & Seamus Marten	Society & Culture	444	Acast	28
45	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	26	Audioboom	63
46	Ami Charlize's Private Story Details temporarily unavailable	Folding Pocket	Society & Culture	86	Megaphone	78
47	What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.	Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.	Society & Culture	382	Megaphone	58
48	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
49	Dead Eyes	Headgum	Society & Culture	35	ART19	83
50	REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal	Jon Bernthal	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	Rise Above with Kevin Lanning	Kevin Lanning	Society & Culture	370	Megaphone	52
52	Shawna and LaLa: Life Beyond The Mic	Shawna and LaLa	Society & Culture	151	Spreaker	48
53	Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	209	BBC	28
54	40ish \| The Funny Podcast on Perimenopause, Menopause & Midlife	Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman - Menopause Humor & Midlife Conversations	Society & Culture	180	Megaphone	68
55	Disturbed: True Horror Stories	Evergreen Podcasts	Society & Culture	391	Megaphone	48
56	Project Possible with Rich Leigh - interviews that might just change your life	Rich Leigh - interviews about motivation, resilience and what's truly possible	Society & Culture	104	Spotify for Podcasters	62
57	Last Word	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	590	BBC	28
58	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1991-1996	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	246	BBC	28
59	You're So Right	Caitlin Wilder and Rachael Shepard-Ohta	Society & Culture	98	Acast	63
60	Good Grief with Amanda Kloots	Dear Media	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	58
61	Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero	Louis Ruggiero	Society & Culture	117	Megaphone	48
63	The Anthropocene Reviewed	Complexly, John Green	Society & Culture	37	ART19	57
64	Invisibilia	NPR	Society & Culture	89	Simplecast	73
65	How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John	BBC Radio 5 Live	Society & Culture	54	BBC	28
66	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	124	BBC	28
67	كنبة السبت	Mics مايكس	Society & Culture	121	Podeo	63
68	Living a Nordic Life with Fiona McKinna	Fiona McKinna	Society & Culture	99	Buzzsprout	53
69	Everybody Knows But Me	Holly Brown, Next Chapter Podcasts, Companion	Society & Culture	30	Megaphone	89
70	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Probably Shouldn't Say This	Society & Culture	11	Acast	68
71	Life After Prison	Prison Radio Association	Society & Culture	194	Acast	58
72	Confession Of A Menace	Ning	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Mer än bara morsa!	Kenza & Ines	Society & Culture	249	Acast	49
74	The TED Interview	TED	Society & Culture	117	PRX	64
75	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories	Backwoods Bigfoot Stories-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	296	Spreaker	59
76	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	243	BBC	28
77	Thanks For Asking	Feelings & Co.	Society & Culture	245	Megaphone	38
78	Crossing Continents	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	422	BBC	28
79	Here For The Craic with Emma Neill	Emma Neill	Society & Culture	261	Megaphone	32
80	Saturday Live	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	819	BBC	28
81	Caribbean Mystics	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	67	Megaphone	74
82	Kiwi Flees	Paul Sinclair	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	73
83	Let Her Finish	rova \| Brodie Kane Media	Society & Culture	354	Megaphone	38
84	Sit Down with Michael Franzese	Michael Franzese	Society & Culture	182	Megaphone	48
85	How To Own The Room	Viv Groskop	Society & Culture	170	Libsyn	73
86	The Paranormal 60 Network	Dave Schrader	Society & Culture	1000	Simplecast	58
87	In Dark Corners	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	10	BBC	63
88	How to Save Democracy	How to Save Democracy	Society & Culture	18	Castos	59
89	Bang On It	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	15	BBC	39
90	ThreadTalk: The Reddit Review Show	Teresa and Denver	Society & Culture	207	ART19	63
91	Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield	Society & Culture	132	Audioboom	58
92	Life Shift™ \| Pivotal Moments & Life Change	Matt Gilhooly	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	69
93	STORIES by Lea Thau	Lea Thau	Society & Culture	25	Acast	63
94	Radio Oldie	Radio Oldie	Society & Culture	500	Audioboom	38
95	See You Sunday	Jasmine Shah	Society & Culture	293	Audioboom	53
96	Desert Island Discs: Archive 1956-1960	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	28
97	The Lucky Girl Podcast	Lexi Prieto	Society & Culture	104	RSS.com	62
98	Home Stories with Manchán Magan	Home Stories	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	Two Coach Bennetts Talking	tammie bennett, chris bennett	Society & Culture	25	Buzzsprout	37
100	Namaste Motherf**kers	Cally Beaton	Society & Culture	292	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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